A year and a half ago I was injured by a falling crate at work. The hospital bandaged it,gave me a tetanus shot, took an xray and sent me home. About 2 weeks later I noticed the wound was healing rather slow and went to the Emergency room again and they gave me antibiotics, rebandaged the leg and sent me home. About a week later I was at my urologist and showed him my leg just as an afterthought and he was horrified-he made me go to the nearest ER right away. While there the emergency room doctor removed the bandage and a smell like stale sweat socks came from the wound, which had gotten so big there was actually a visible hole in the leg-long story short it was gangrene which my surgeon said was caught just in time to save the lower part of my leg. After 2 operations and a skin graft everything turned out fine. According to the hospital everything was done correctly and getting gangrene was just bad luck.
Amazing. Your story is very similar to Aris’ (my buddy at work) Only, he wasn’t quite so lucky, and his infection set in faster. He sustained a head injury and some internal injuries, so he was still in the hospital when the infection set in. He had the leg amputated before he ever left. It was the same story though. Doctors told him he was lucky to be alive, even without the leg. Sometimes these infections happen—just his bad luck. there was nothing they could have done to prevent it. Everything was done correctly.
I am glad that your situation turned out better than his.